Digital Sovereignty Training in Prague

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) targets technical professionals who wish to deploy and manage open source collaboration platforms that maintain data sovereignty while providing modern team communication capabilities.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to evaluate platforms, deploy self-hosted solutions, configure security and integrations, migrate from existing platforms, and establish operational procedures.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for enterprise leaders who want to understand data sovereignty principles and develop strategies for compliant data management.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to define data sovereignty, identify applicable laws, assess compliance risks, and implement governance frameworks for cross-border data management.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is designed for database administrators and developers who wish to transition from proprietary databases to the open-source PostgreSQL platform.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to assess database migration readiness, plan and execute schema migration strategies, migrate data using appropriate tools, and manage application code conversion.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) targets intermediate to advanced IT leaders, compliance officers, and digital transformation managers who wish to implement digital sovereignty initiatives using a structured roadmap approach.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to assess their organization's digital sovereignty maturity, develop a comprehensive strategy, create an actionable implementation roadmap, and establish governance frameworks.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and DevOps engineers who wish to deploy, configure, and manage EXO clusters for private LLM inference across multiple Apple Silicon or Linux nodes.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at DevOps engineers and infrastructure architects who wish to automate the provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle management of private AI clusters built on EXO.

This instructor-led live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at security engineers and compliance officers who wish to harden EXO deployments, control model access, and govern AI workloads running entirely on-premise.

Gitea is a lightweight, open-source, self-hosted Git service providing repository management, code review, issue tracking, and CI/CD integration. It is an increasingly popular alternative to GitHub and GitLab.com for teams that need full control over their source code without third-party terms of service or export restrictions.

GitLab Self-Managed provides an on-premises deployment of GitLab’s comprehensive DevSecOps platform, including source code management, CI/CD, container registry, security scanning, and monitoring. It is the gold standard for organizations desiring the full GitLab feature set without SaaS dependency or concerns about data exiting their network.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate to advanced DevOps engineers and system administrators who wish to deploy and manage self-hosted Kubernetes clusters without cloud dependencies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: deploy production-ready Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm on bare-metal or virtual machines; configure high-availability control planes and etcd clusters; implement container networking and storage for self-managed environments; set up monitoring and observability using self-hosted solutions.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is designed for developers and technical teams who wish to use Ollama and open models to build and run private agentic AI solutions on internal infrastructure.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to install and configure Ollama, evaluate and run open models locally, create simple agentic and retrieval-based workflows, and apply security and governance controls for regulated environments.

Matrix is an open protocol for secure, decentralized, real-time communication. Organizations are increasingly adopting Matrix with the Element client as an alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams to maintain end-to-end encryption, on-premise data residency, and federation with external trusted partners.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is designed for cloud professionals who aim to design and implement multi-cloud architectures that circumvent vendor lock-in and guarantee data sovereignty.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to identify risks of vendor lock-in, design portable architectures, apply data sovereignty controls, and leverage cloud-agnostic tools.

NixOS is a Linux distribution built on the Nix package manager, offering fully declarative and reproducible system configuration. By describing entire operating systems as pure functions, NixOS eliminates configuration drift and enables atomic rollbacks, making it ideal for sovereign infrastructure that must be auditable and exactly reproducible.

This live, instructor-led session (online or on-site) targets IT experts who want to assess and roll out open-source office suites as alternatives to proprietary solutions in corporate settings.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to compare different suites, plan migrations, configure deployments, handle compatibility, implement collaboration features, and oversee user adoption.

Ollama is an open-source utility designed to run large language models locally on both consumer-grade and enterprise hardware. It simplifies complex tasks such as model quantization, GPU resource allocation, and API serving into a single command-line interface. This allows organizations to self-host LLMs like Llama, Mistral, and Qwen without transmitting prompts or sensitive data to external providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers and infrastructure professionals who wish to use SONiC and ONL to deploy and manage open network infrastructure on white-box switches.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: understand SONiC and ONL architecture, deploy open-source NOS on white-box hardware, configure networking features, and implement monitoring and automation.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) targets system administrators and infrastructure engineers seeking to design, deploy, and manage private OpenStack cloud infrastructure for enterprise environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to understand OpenStack architecture, deploy private cloud infrastructure, manage compute and storage resources, implement security with Keystone, and apply enterprise best practices.

This instructor-led live training (online or onsite) is designed for project management and IT professionals who wish to deploy and manage open-source project management platforms, ensuring data sovereignty while supporting diverse project methodologies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to evaluate solutions, deploy Taiga, OpenProject, and Focalboard, configure integrations, and migrate from proprietary tools.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network engineers and infrastructure administrators who wish to implement software-defined networks using open-source tools and technologies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to design SDN architectures, implement Open vSwitch, configure FRRouting, deploy SDN controllers, and automate network management.

This live, instructor-led training in Prague (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level network and infrastructure professionals who intend to utilize open-source routing, switching, Wi-Fi, and management tools to design, deploy, and operate a self-managed enterprise network.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to: design an open-source enterprise network architecture, configure routing, switching, and wireless services, enhance security and observability, and establish an operational plan for ongoing support.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT leaders, compliance professionals, security teams, and enterprise architects who wish to use sovereign AI principles and governance practices to design AI environments that protect sensitive data, support localization requirements, and reduce vendor lock-in.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: explain sovereign AI concepts, evaluate hosting and governance options, define controls for prompts and logs, and create a practical adoption roadmap.

This capstone course guides participants through the design, deployment, and operation of a fully sovereign digital infrastructure stack from the ground up. Upon completion, students will have established a functioning mini-organization utilizing exclusively self-hosted, open-source tools covering identity, communication, productivity, development, security, AI, and monitoring—all independent of Google, Microsoft, AWS, or proprietary SaaS providers.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals who wish to deploy, configure, and manage a Stalwart mail server for self-hosted email and collaboration.

Synapse is the reference homeserver implementation for the Matrix protocol, enabling decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging. This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate DevOps engineers and system administrators who aim to utilize Synapse and Element to replace cloud chat platforms with a self-hosted, federated messaging infrastructure.

Uptime Kuma is a user-friendly, self-hosted monitoring solution that tracks the availability of websites, services, and infrastructure. It serves as an alternative to Pingdom, Datadog Synthetics, and UptimeRobot for teams seeking full control over their monitoring data. This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is designed for beginner-to-intermediate SREs and DevOps engineers who want to leverage Uptime Kuma to replace cloud-based uptime monitoring with a self-hosted, sovereign status tracking platform.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) targets technical professionals who wish to deploy and manage self-hosted video conferencing solutions that ensure data sovereignty while providing enterprise-grade communication capabilities.

By the end of this training, participants will be capable of deploying Jitsi Meet and BigBlueButton, implementing security hardening, configuring enterprise features, and scaling deployments to support organizational workloads.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) targets security engineers and system administrators who wish to deploy and manage enterprise-grade self-hosted VPN solutions using WireGuard and OpenVPN.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to deploy WireGuard and OpenVPN, design scalable architectures, integrate with identity systems, and monitor/secure the VPN infrastructure.

OpenVPN and WireGuard are the two leading open-source VPN protocols. By operating your own VPN server, you ensure that no third-party provider can record traffic metadata, inject advertisements, or comply with external data requests. This training explores both protocols to address various threat models and performance needs.

Wazuh is an open-source security platform providing unified XDR and SIEM capabilities for threat detection, integrity monitoring, incident response, and compliance. It aggregates endpoint telemetry into a self-managed analysis engine, offering a credible alternative to Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, and other cloud-native SIEMs.

Woodpecker CI is a straightforward yet robust continuous integration engine specifically crafted for self-hosted Git forges such as Gitea and Forgejo. It delivers a lightweight, Docker-native CI/CD experience, avoiding the complexity and licensing costs associated with enterprise CI platforms.

Zammad is a contemporary, web-based, open-source helpdesk and customer support solution. It consolidates tickets from email, chat, phone, and social media channels into one unified queue, serving as a self-hosted alternative to Zendesk, Freshdesk, and ServiceNow while ensuring that customer data remains within your own infrastructure.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate support managers and system administrators looking to adopt Zammad in place of cloud-based helpdesk platforms, opting instead for a self-hosted, sovereign ticketing system.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Installing Zammad via packages or Docker alongside PostgreSQL.
• Configuring email, chat, and API channels to handle ticket ingestion.
• Designing workflows, escalation paths, and SLA timers.
• Establishing role-based access controls, groups, and organizations.
• Integrating with knowledge bases, reporting tools, and webhooks.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practical sessions.
• Hands-on implementation within a live laboratory environment.

Customization Options for the Course

• To request tailored training for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

This instructor-led, live training in Prague (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level security professionals who wish to implement Zero Trust Architecture using open-source tools and sovereign infrastructure.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to design Zero Trust architectures, deploy identity-aware proxies, implement dynamic authentication, secure microservices with service mesh, and monitor zero trust policies.

The Zimbra Collaboration Suite is an open-source enterprise messaging and collaboration platform that consolidates email, calendar management, contacts, tasks, and file sharing within a single web interface. It acts as a fully self-managed alternative to Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace.